Grip attachment for golf putters



P 1949- E. c. PEARSON 2,481,778

GRIP ATTACHMENT FOR GOLF PUTTERS Filed Jan. 15, 1947 INVENTOR.

Patented Sept. 13, 1949 UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE r 2,481,778 r V GRIP ATTACHMENT FOR GOLF PUTTERS Elmer 0. Pearson, St. Louis Park, Minn. Application January 15, 1947, Serial No. 722,171

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in golf putters and, more particularly, to a grip applicable to the shafts thereof.

As is well known, the putting stroke is primarily a right-hand stroke and hence my putter grip is designed for this use.

An object of this invention is to provide a putter grip that will put the feel of the club in the palm of the players hand.

Another object of this invention is to provide a putter grip that will enable the player to stroke the ball at the same angle at which he addresses it.

A further object of this invention is to provide a putter grip that will aid in the control of the directional roll of the ball.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a putter grip that is adjustable to any putting stance and that is also adjustable for shafts of golf putters of different diameters.

Other objects .of this invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the drawing.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the putter grip applied to the shaft of a golf putter and held in a players hands;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the putter shaft and grip, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the putter grip, as shown in Fig. 2, removed from the putter shaft; and

Fig. 4 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

The numeral 5 indicates the upper end portion of the shaft of a golf putter spirally wound with leather.

My improved putter grip is designated, as an entirety in the drawing, by the numeral 6. The words upper, lower and vertical, hereinafter used, refer to the putter grip 6 as positioned in the several views of the drawing.

The face 1 of the putter grip 6 is vertically disposed, flat and wide. A channel 8, through which the putter shaft 5 extends, is formed in the back 9 of the putter grip 6. The sides of the channel 8 diverge outwardly and automatically center the putter shaft 5 therein.

The upper side of the putter grip 6 is relatively narrow and transversely rounded, as indicated at Ill, while the lower side thereof is relatively wide and transversely rounded as indicated at H. The main body portion of the putter grip 6 is relatively thick while the upper end portion thereof is relatively thin.

My putter grip ii is detachably secured to the putter shaft 5 by a pair of spring steel clamping bands l2 on the arcs of circles whose centers are substantially at the long axis of the putter shaft 5. The end portions of each band [2 are folded upon themselves and bent laterally outwardly into substantially the same plane to afford a pair of apertured ears l3. These cars is extend into depressions in the body of the putter grip.

Screws I4 extend through the ears l3 and have threaded engagement with tubular inserts IS in the main body portion of the putter grip 6. As shown in Fig. 4, the uppermost ear l3 bears directly on the respective insert l5, while the lowermost ear I3 is spaced from the underlying insert l5 thus permitting adjustment of the band I2 to draw the same tightly around the putter shaft 5 and clamp the putter grip 6 thereon. The clamping bands l2 permit adjustment of the putter grip 6 circumferentially around the putter shaft 5 or longitudinally thereof.

Obviously, the putter grip 6 may be quickly applied to a putter shaft or removed therefrom or adjusted on said shaft simply by loosening the clamping bands l2.

In holding the putter shaft 5, the players right hand is folded around the main body portion of the putter grip 6 with the palm of said hand in contact with the wide flat face of said grip, which gives a large bearing surface. The players left hand is folded around the putter shaft 6 on the opposite side thereof from his right hand with the thumb and forefinger of his left hand engaging the reduced upper end portion of the putter grip 6.

A pair of hands, fragmentarily shown in Fig. 1, and designated by the letter :c show the positions of said hands as above stated.

The drawing illustrates a commercial form of the invention, but it is evident that the same is capable of certain modifications as to details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts within the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

The combination with a golf putting shaft, of

a grip for the shaft comprising a long body member extending longitudinally of the shaft and substantially parallel thereto, said body member having a back and a face, said body member having in its back a straight channel that extends the full length thereof and transversely straddles the shaft, the width of the bottom of the channel being less than the diameter of that portion of the shaft within said channel, the sides of the channel being in outwardly diverging relation to center the shaft in the channel, the face of the body member being fiat and transversely oblique to the bottom of the channel, the end portion of the body member toward the top of the shaft being materially reduced in thickness to aflord a.

finger hold while the other portion of the body The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number -Name r Date 1,734,684 Lyndon Nov. 5, 1929' I 1,982,526

Lussky et a1 Nov. 27, 1934 

